Thomas hipwell



(No Model.)

T. HIPWELL.

LAMP BURNER.

No. 283,108. Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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THOMAS HIPWELL, ,OF ASTORIA, ASSIGNOB TO THE M NHATTAN BRASS COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LAMP-BURNER.

" SPEGIFIGATTON forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,1C8, dated Application filed February 19', 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, THOMAS HIPWELL, of Astoria, in the county of Queens and State of N ew York, have invented an Improvement in Lamp-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement is for securing the chimney-springs and the air-distributer to the base of the burner in a more reliable manner than i a plan of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan below the air-distributer. The wick-tube a, wick-raiser b, and ratchetcap are of Ordinary construction, and the screw-base dis adapted to fit the collaron the lamp. The arms 6 e extend from the upper edges of the base (1, being formed of the same metal, and on the edges of these arms there are two sets of clamping lips or projections,

ii and 0 0. The chimney-springsk are formed of wire or metal strips, and of the proper stiffness. These springs are bent in the shape represented in Fig. 1, so that they pass around and below the edges of the air-distributer h and in between the same and the arms 6, and the inner ends of these springs are bent up, so

that they cannot be pulled out after being secured in place. The shapes of the lips ii 0 0,

as cut out of the flat sheet-metal forming the arms, are represented at P, Fig. 3. These lips are bent up vertically, and the chimney-springs August 14, 1883,

are then placed between them, and the lips ii are turned over to clamp and hold the inner ends of such chimney-springs. The air-dis tributer is then put in place, there being mor tises through it at the places where the lips 0 0 come, so that said lips pass up through such mortises, and they are then turned over or clinched, and they secure the air-distributer firmly in place at the same time that they clamp and hold the chimney-springs between the arms and the under side of the air-dis tributer. The chimney is to rest upon the outer part of the air-distributer, and the edges of the air-distributer are turned down at Z to stiffen the same, and there are two circular ribs, 3 and 4,whichalso stiffen the metal. The inner one of these ribs serves as a guide to the base of the cone or deflector t,which is of ordinary construction, and it is hinged at to the air-distributer, and provided with :a tongue, 6, at the opposite edge,passing through a hole in the air-distributer..

I claim as my invention In combination with the wick-tube, air-dis tributer, and chimney-springs, the base d, having arms 6, that extend outwardly beneath the air-distributer, the lips v; 2' upon the edges of '70 the arms that are turned over to hold the innerends of the chimney-springs, and the lips 0 0 upon each arm 6, which receive between them the chimney-spring, and pass through mortises in the air-distributer and are clinched, so as to confine the chimney-springs against the underside of the air-distributer and connect the base and airvdistributer, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 8th day of February, A. D. 1883. v

THOMAS HIPWELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. DOOLEY,

R. TURNER. 

